Am I to assume there will be no free exchange of ideas here? So far I have seen lots of deleted posts and threads and I'm curious. Is this post going to be locked/deleted for asking questions?

Well, for one thing, apparently any discussion of real-world politics will now be deleted and grounds for being banned, per a warning I got earlier today from M.Hudson. I know we're generally not supposed to discuss bans / warnings publicly, but I feel that's an important thing to get out there, relating to my next point:

Its always been part of the Terms and Conditions. The background is that Travian has been blocked in some countries in the past for political discussion that the government of that country did not like.
While it was not enforced strictly in the past because I managed the forum and could choose. On this new forum its managed and administered by HQ so the rules have to be enforced as per the T&C.

I am just totally confused by this new forum thing. I cant find anything

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Am I to assume there will be no free exchange of ideas here? So far I have seen lots of deleted posts and threads and I'm curious. Is this post going to be locked/deleted for asking questions?

Well at least they kept your US account. They connected me to this brand new .com one I just started a few months ago for this speed round instead of my .US account I started in 2007.

Bo knows!
Mace are like bees... a few of them are harmless but a swarm will kill you.Blah blah blah.... been playing sense .US started then quit that domain. Im morbid.I've played on all the English speaking servers many many times along with a few others I never understood a single IGM sent to me.

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Um, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I think you're using the SHIFT key incorrectly. Either that or your computer has slight capslock difficulties.

because all domains are now together what was appropriate in one country was not appropriate in another. Travian has been blocked in the past due to political content so now we are all together HQ have said we will follow the game rules and T&C which includes politics.

For those who remember back to september 2016 this change was always intended and I made that clear that the rules would over time get stricter untill we followed the international rules and HQ policies.

We are now at the stage. There is no space for political, racial, sexist remarks or discrimination in any way. Those who are not able to restrain themselves will eventually find themselves banned. There are plenty of other places on the internet you can discuss politics, this however is not one,

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Um, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I think you're using the SHIFT key incorrectly. Either that or your computer has slight capslock difficulties.
Just saying

Wasn't that intentional misuse?

In the past people get banned for all caps posts!

Random caps is more annoying, and it kills the ability to read correctly

We are now at the stage. There is no space for political, racial, sexist remarks or discrimination in any way. Those who are not able to restrain themselves will eventually find themselves banned. There are plenty of other places on the internet you can discuss politics, this however is not one,